Can you name the 100 most populous urban areas of the USA? by stjaernstoft

Rank	Urban area	Population (2000)
1		17,799,861
2		11,789,487
3		8,307,904
4		5,149,079
5		4,919,036
6		4,145,659
7		4,032,484
8		3,933,920
9		3,903,377
10		3,822,509
11		3,499,840
12		3,228,605
13		2,907,049
14		2,712,205
15		2,674,436
16		2,388,593
17		2,077,662
18		2,076,354
19		2,062,339
20		1,984,889
21		1,786,647
22		1,753,136
23		1,583,138
24		1,538,312
25		1,506,816
26		1,503,262
27		1,394,439
28		1,393,498
29		1,361,744
30		1,327,554
31		1,314,357
32		1,308,913
33		1,218,919
34		1,174,548

Rank	Urban area	Population (2000)
35		1,157,431
36		1,133,193
37		1,009,283
38		976,703
39		972,091
40		901,920
41		888,890
42		887,650
43		882,295
44		863,582
45		851,535
46		818,836
47		758,927
48		749,935
49		747,003
50		720,425
51		718,182
52		703,444
53		694,396
54		674,801
55		663,615
56		626,623
57		598,191
58		576,408
59		573,610
60		570,215
61		559,229
62		558,947
63		558,329
64		554,923
65		552,624
66		541,527
67		539,080
68		533,015

Rank	Urban area	Population (2000)
69		531,314
70		523,144
71		503,008
72		479,019
73		466,122
74		429,882
75		423,410
76		422,301
77		420,537
78		419,830
79		417,933
80		417,437
81		402,267
82		396,125
83		393,289
84		385,237
85		370,505
86		365,096
87		362,782
88		360,331
89		351,982
90		343,509
91		337,591
92		335,630
93		334,858
94		329,757
95		329,533
96		323,783
97		323,554
98		317,605
99		313,392
100		310,945

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Urban Areas of the USA Quiz

by stjaernstoft

Created Feb 14, 2010 in Geography
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	csjoholm:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 03:28 GMT		4 points
	Good quiz! You might want to consider accepting alternate cities for some urban areas - Norfolk for Virginia Beach, for instance.

	stjaernstoft:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 12:22 GMT		2 points
	I added the alternate cities mentioned for each urban area on the list at wikipedia, for example Oakland for San Francisco, or St. Paul for Minneapolis, but I can look for more someday.

	stjaernstoft:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 19:20 GMT		2 points
	I haven't found any sources that says "Norfolk is a part of Virginia Beach urban area" but it seems very likely that it is. So I added it. It's part of the same metro area and it's not an urban area of its own.

	erikjc:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 20:54 GMT		2 points
	This is a good quiz, but the data is a bit outdated. It will be interesting to see how this list changes after the 2010 census. I know for a fact that Durham, NC, Greensboro, NC, and Greenville, SC would be on here.

	bton624:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 00:28 GMT		2 points
	I'm shocked that Poughkeepsie is on here...must be a very generous definition of urban area

	redsxfenway:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 21:17 GMT		2 points
	You should accept F(or)t Myers for Cape Coral. The Metro is called Cape Coral-Fort Myers.

	stjaernstoft:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 23:06 GMT		2 points
	Urban area isn't the same as Metro area. The urban area in this case is called Cape Coral only. An urban area (in the USA) is a continuosly built-up area with a population of more than 50,000. A metro area has a wider definition. The sources I have used mostly uses the names of the biggest city or cities. I will erase Norfolk to make it fair and square - since it's impossible for me to check what smaller cities are part of all 100 urban areas.

	stjaernstoft:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 23:16 GMT		2 points
	Urban areas with a population between 10,000 and 50,000 are called urban clusters, and to be specific, the U.S. Census Bureau defines an urban area as: "Core census block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile (386 per square kilometer) and surrounding census blocks that have an overall density of at least 500 people per square mile (193 per square kilometer)."

	adamnvillani:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 20:51 GMT		0 points
	I agree about Fort Myers-Cape Coral. Ventura should also get you Oxnard. When the two cities are very comparable in size, as in those two cases, you should accept either one, not just the largest one.

	MisterF:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 19:36 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz idea, however there are definitely better sources out there (if the data from the 2010 census isn't out yet for that, they have estimates for 2009)

	jordanah:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 19:51 GMT		0 points
	um the fox cities in wisconsin 360,000+, and is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. you could accept fox cites, fox valley, appleton, or oshkosh

	aaaandrew:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 20:01 GMT		1 point
	wow everything really grew in the past 10 years

	jbl123211:	Oct 1st, 2011 at 19:57 GMT		1 point
	3 from MA :) Anyways, great quiz!